by Mike - What motivates someone to design and then build, or have built, a fully custom car like the Strale Daytona 6000GT Prototype (Iso Daytona)? Or the 1933 Ford Roadster Like No Other? Whatever the motivation is I like it and it … [Read more...]
Looking Back: The Ferrari Daytona Spyder
September 24, 2017 By 3 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I consider the Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona to be sort of a last exercise in chutzpah for ol’ Enzo. After all, Lamborghini had already introduced the mid-engine Miura, and all Ferraris factory race cars were mid-engined so … [Read more...]
One I Missed: The Ferrari 288 GTO
August 31, 2017 By Leave a Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Sometimes you see something and dismiss it only to regret decades later that you passed by something great. A case in point is the Ferrari 288 GTO. When I first saw it, at the Geneva Auto Salon in February 1984, I thought … [Read more...]
The 1967 Ferrari 365GT California Spyder
June 14, 2017 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Ferrari was a bit snobby at times, being “two tiered” in that they had the regular catalog models anybody could buy and then, if you were a VIP or a Royal, you could order something special, something limited edition. … [Read more...]
How to Get a Ferrari Named After You
May 31, 2017 By Leave a Comment
by Wallace Wyss - It can be done. Ferrari has a special group that listens to customers who want a car built to their order. Here's one built back in 2012 for musician Eric Clapton. … [Read more...]
The Movie Inspired Ferrari
May 24, 2017 By 7 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - So this guy sees this Fellini movie, oh, decades ago, one nobody saw in America unless you were a habitué of what they called "art houses", and in that movie they are driving this gold Ferrari open car oh-so-briefly. … [Read more...]
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